5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

DARIC

DARIC is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DARIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DARIC as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,212 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___C D in the 1st position and C in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SIENT TOUSE LEAST CLONE
Words starting with D Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DARIC performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,212 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DARIC ranks #1,212 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
13
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
212
196
185
126
111
99
85
71
63
57
44
44
43
36
35
34
34
31
31
27
25
21
20
19
17
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DARIC:

15% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

14.8% →
STOLE 6.07 bits
9.0% →
SLATE 5.79 bits
8.3% →
SIENT 5.46 bits
7.8% →
TOUSE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
STOLE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
LEAST 4.85 bits
4.2% →
CLONE 5.27 bits
3.6% →
SPINE 4.39 bits
3.0% →
TOUSE 4.87 bits
2.7% →
SLANE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for DARIC; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

D2A1R1I1C3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.